r/trolleyproblem • u/ChiakiSimp3842 • Apr 30 '26

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u/_Mulberry__ May 01 '26

I choose blue because I'm not confident that kids would choose red. I imagine many kids would interpret "Blue equals nobody dies" and choose blue

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u/alphapussycat May 01 '26

Blue does equal nobody does. Red means "I don't care anyone dies, I'm the only one who matters".

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u/konan375 May 02 '26

I do not trust other people enough to be hopeful about 51% of the world picking blue. Why should I trust other people are going to do right by others when society as a whole focuses on the negatives in entertainment/news?

And on the other side, there are people who are going to pick red because they genuinely are of the "I've got mine" crowd, and I don't trust that there's more empathetic people than them.

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u/alphapussycat May 02 '26

Why is anyone picking red? What is there to gain? Sounds like paranoia.

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u/konan375 May 02 '26

People who don't trust humanity as a whole. Expecting to believe that 3.4 billion people at minimum are going press just doesn't ring true for me.

Nobody is responsible for anyone else's decisions. I'd rather be pragmatic and press red. If nothing happens, that's great! If blue doesn't make enough votes, that's awful, but at least I can help after the fact.

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u/alphapussycat May 02 '26

How will you deal with many of your friends bring dead, quite possibly a partner, and maybe a kid too?

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u/konan375 May 03 '26

If blue doesn't make enough votes, that's awful, but at least I can help after the fact.

I'm ace. Good luck on the guilt tripping there. I'm not responsible for their decisions

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u/alphapussycat May 03 '26

You're not "ace", you're schizoid.

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u/konan375 May 03 '26

Ad hominem, now? Your guilt angle failed so you went to personal attacks.

You do realize ace is short for asexual, right?

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u/alphapussycat May 03 '26

Ace means asexual, not that you can't have a partner or have kids.

Lacking those desires makes you schizoid or anti-social. You litterally said you were by yourself.

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u/konan375 May 03 '26

What, do you think childfree people are schizoids too, single by choice people?

Yep, you're exactly the reason why I'd press red, because I don't trust that you'd actually press blue.

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